Gracias! The fixes to the seed-bag and drain spiders are much appreciated. Unfortunately, it is still impossible to pick up the gate key. I don't know why at all, as basically every other instance of the picking stuff up mechanism works perfectly. I have just made a video demonstration of the occurrence which will hopefully be more useful than textual description: https://youtu.be/o5AwdugUT6Q ~ You're free to try and track down the root of this issue still if it seems necessary, but I think it's unreasonable on my end to fully expect a fix to something that isn't actually broken in the "canon" version of the game we'll call it. That's fine.
One other thing, not an issue but just a part of the game that I've been stuck on for a while. Do you have any hints towards how to obtain the "CRYSTAL SEAL"? I have been observing the strangely detailed 2022 trailer as a source of pointers for whenever I feel especially stuck, and I see that's how you're supposed to open the couple doors in TOWN that are likely what has halted any further exploration of that area. I think I've turned just about all the stones in there except for the ones that are likely gated by those doors. So I'd appreciate even a vague nudge, I guess. Thanks anyhow.